EIN HOD, Israel — Nomi Verchovsky’s running shoes crunch over the soot-covered shards of ceramic pots and bowls as she walks over the charred remains of her pottery studio and gallery, burned to the ground during the largest fire in Israel’s history. More...

Anat Hoffman, executive director of the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) and founder of the Women of the Wall, has long kept a photo of Rosa Parks being arrested and fingerprinted in Montgomery, AL on the wall of her office for inspiration.
Hoffman has worked much of her adult life to promote Jewish pluralism, tolerance, equality and social action in Israel. More...